Join us for our latest gadget review by Gulf News – Today we are looking at the latest Huawei Watch D, which is quite an interesting entry into the smartwatch segment in the UAE market. It is, in fact, being promoted as a ‘wrist-type ECG and blood pressure monitoring device’ by the company.
The focus is more on these two features of the device compared to the other aspects that are available in a smartwatch designed for exercise and fitness.
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The focus is more on these two features of the device compared to the other aspects that are available in a smartwatch designed for exercise and fitness.
Read the full story here: gulfnews.com/technology/consumer-electronics/watch-a-review-of-the-latest-huawei-watch-d-2022-in-the-uae-1.1657207817198
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00:00Welcome back to Gulf News' Gadget Review. Today we have the brand new Huawei Watch D
00:07which is literally your health on your wrist. And why am I saying that? We'll
00:13discover when I unbox.
00:30There are several things in the box. One is the watch itself. Then you have this
00:42measuring strap. What it helps you do is it helps you know the wrist
00:47circumference and that's because this watch is not just a regular watch. It
00:52helps you monitor your blood pressure and your heart rate pretty accurately
00:57using the oximetric system because of which it has to be very very very
01:02accurately done and because of which you have something called an airbag which
01:07kind of line the strap and it actually fills up and expands as your blood
01:14pressure is being read and then it deflates. Now there is a proper guide to
01:19on how you can do an accurate blood pressure reading. There is a little QR
01:24code right on top of the watch when you open it, when you unbox it which tells
01:29you. You even have a written guide that helps you do exactly what you need. So
01:35that's about what's in the box. Yes of course and then there's the charger. We've
01:41switched on the watch. It works on the Harmony OS system. This watch is
01:46compatible with of course all Huawei smartphones and also with other iOS
01:52phones and with Android phones. So this is the Huawei watch face for the new D
02:00watch and it's as you can see pretty detailed and I love the interface
02:06because you can see everything clearly and there are several ways of toggling.
02:11So because it's a responsive watch of course the swipe and this is where you
02:16do your blood pressure reading and then as you can see in this watch you have
02:22these airbags that kind of line the inside of the wrist which helps measure
02:28it because when you press the measurement for the blood pressure it
02:33inflates and it actually takes a very accurate systolic and diastolic reading.
02:38And then of course your heart rate and then you can actually take your SpO2
02:48to your oxygen levels which are something that all of us are pretty
02:53concerned about in a post COVID era and then of course sleep time which is also
02:59again very accurate, highly sensitive and helps monitor your health. Now the other
03:04way of toggling is you press here and you press once more and then you can
03:09scroll up and down. You have different kinds of workouts, training, recovery
03:17heart rate, VO2 max etc toggle back. You have your heart rate, you have your ECG,
03:23SpO2, skin temperature, sleep and all the details that you need. The price for this
03:32watch is extremely reasonable compared to other devices in the market and it is
03:37literally like having your health on your wrist and an excellent way to kind
03:42of measure it and stay on track if you don't like going in for very detailed
03:49blood pressure measurements pretty often and this is very handy especially if
03:53you're outside and if you're a little concerned but of course like always this
03:58does not replace proper medical advice or does not replace a medical
04:03practitioner so at all times this is just a guide to help you stay fit and
04:07stay healthy. So I took the D-Watch home, tested it out for a couple of days. I'll
04:16give you an update on that but meanwhile I do want to tell you about some
04:20interesting stuff that was in the box which you really need to use for it to
04:25be helpful. One is that they actually give you two straps in large and in
04:31medium which you need to use to be able to take the blood pressure and the ECG
04:39reading. So see you have these kind of what they call the airbags and that
04:43fills up and then that uses a pressure and a system to be able to get your
04:50pretty accurate blood pressure reading. And how do you decide on which watch
04:56strap to use? You actually have this measure so you put it around your wrist
05:03here, you put it around your wrist here, you measure it out and they have
05:10it graded based on whether it's medium or large and then accordingly you can
05:16choose whether you want a medium strap or a large strap. Now you've decided you
05:21don't want the blood pressure reading or the airbag attached then you can
05:28actually take that off but they also have given you a replacement for one
05:33large and one medium airbag to ensure so that over time with use etc when one
05:40gets worn out this can be replaced. And this little attachment that you would
05:48see I'll show it to you on the watch is when you want to remove the airbag and
05:53you don't want to use it and you just want to use the strap and you can use
05:57this to clip it. It's important how you wear this watch like I said you use the
06:02wrist measurement you get this adjusted it's pretty easy to adjust you just lift
06:07this up you can move it up and down and this moves and basically the airbag is
06:13on one side and once you do that now the thing is when you put it in you
06:20literally need to kind of put your two fingers here so to you get the exact
06:25spot on where to wear your watch to ensure and then you make sure to push
06:29the airbag down correctly and you get a relatively snug fit because if you don't
06:36get a snug fit it's not going to do your blood pressure reading. In fact when
06:40you do the ECG reading you might have to move it up a little more because it
06:45asks for the watch to be on the wrist bone a little more. So how do you do your
06:51blood pressure reading? Press the top button top right hand button you can
06:56either go slide horizontal or vertical now you press this measure and then it
07:05will tell you that you need to kind of lift your hand up so that it is
07:10diagonally across your upper body but it's not pressed down and you kind of
07:15support your wrist. It has given me a reading systolic diastolic including
07:23the pulse. Now if you want to do the ECG reading it'll ask you to be connected
07:35to the app. So you go into the Huawei Health app go into the heart section and
07:41then activate it which I have done which is why it is showing me a previous
07:46reading. You go into the heart and the ECG and you activate it. It says
07:55activated successfully and now we will test it.
08:00So basically there is a sensor here you press down on it not too hard and it
08:08takes a 30 second reading sinus rhythm it's all fine. As with all the Huawei
08:19watches this is designed also for a workout so it's really useful if you are
08:26a runner.